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I design costumes for Carnival and draw inspiration from far and wide, so I guess this my mood board , not of a specific theme except the themes that catch my eye .
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african-style: Ethiopian Tribes, Mursi by Dietmar Temps on Flickr. Via Flickr: Ethiopia, tribes, Mursi woman Among the Mursi people of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia a girl’s lower lip is cut when she reaches the age 15 or 16. The girl’s lip is pierced by her mother or another woman of her settlement and a simple wooden plug is inserted. The cut is held open by the wooden plug until the wound heals. After that the plug is replaced by a bigger one. The stretching of the lip continues by inserting progressively larger plugs over a period of several months. At a diameter of about 4 cm the first lip plate made of clay can be inserted, the final diameter ranges from about 8 cm to over 20 cm. Nowadays the girls in some Mursi settlements decide for themselves whether to wear a lip plate or not. However, wearing a lip plate is still an expression of social adulthood and self-esteem for a Mursi woman and demonstrates respect for the Mursi men… View high resolution

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Ethiopian Tribes, Mursi by Dietmar Temps on Flickr.

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Ethiopia, tribes, Mursi woman

Among the Mursi people of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia a girl’s lower lip is cut when she reaches the age 15 or 16. The girl’s lip is pierced by her mother or another woman of her settlement and a simple wooden plug is inserted. The cut is held open by the wooden plug until the wound heals. After that the plug is replaced by a bigger one. The stretching of the lip continues by inserting progressively larger plugs over a period of several months. At a diameter of about 4 cm the first lip plate made of clay can be inserted, the final diameter ranges from about 8 cm to over 20 cm.

Nowadays the girls in some Mursi settlements decide for themselves whether to wear a lip plate or not. However, wearing a lip plate is still an expression of social adulthood and self-esteem for a Mursi woman and demonstrates respect for the Mursi men…

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